Work in Progress

A musical diary and timesheet rolled into one. I won’t explain anything unless you ask, so throw some questions at me!

Week of 7/18
Wed (1.25 hours) – mixing
Tue (1.5 hours) – arrangement, mixing
Mon (5 hours) – arrangement, mixing

Week of 7/11 (4.75 hours)
Wed (1.75 hours) – backup vocals
Tue (1.25 hours) – backup vocals
Mon (1.75 hours) – arrangement, mixing

Week of 7/4 (13.5 hours)
Sun (1.25 hours) – arrangement
Sat (2 hours) – groove analysis, arrangement
Fri (0.75 hours) – vocals
Thu (6 hours) – vocals, reverb shootout
Wed (1.25 hours) – vocals
Tue (1 hour) – vocals
Mon (1.25 hours) – lyrics

Week of 6/27 (7.75 hours)
Sun (2.75 hours) – lyrics
Sat (1 hour) – lyrics
Fri (1 hour) – verse/chorus bass/piano
Thu (2.25 hours) – verse progression/melody, reverb
Tue (0.75 hours) – chorus progression/melody/lyrics

Week of 6/20 (7.25 hours)
Sun (1 hour) – drums reverb
Sat (2.5 hours) – assemble ideas and sounds, basic groove
Fri (0.5 hours) – scan previous ideas
“A Slip of the Finger” completed in 37 hours
Thu (0.75 hours) – mix
Wed (1 hour) – mix
Mon (1.5 hours) – mix

Week of 6/13 (13.75 hours)
Sat (0.75 hours) – mix
Fri (2.25 hours) – edit piano, mix
Thu (5.5 hours) – comp vocals, mix, record piano
Wed (2.75 hours) – record and comp vocals
Tue (1.5 hours) – comp vocals
Mon (1 hour) – comp vocals

Week of 6/6 (5.75 hours)
Sat (0.75 hours) – record vocals
Fri (1 hour) – record vocals
Thu (0.75 hours) – completed lyrics
Wed (2.75 hours) – lyrics
Tue (0.5 hours) – lyrics, 5/4 song titled “A Slip of the Finger”

Week of 5/31 (1.25 hours)
Tue (0.75 hours) – 5/4 song arrangement
Wed (0.5 hours) – finalize arrangement

Week of 5/23 (4.5 hours)
Wed (1 hour) – 5/4 song V2
Thu (3 hours) – 5/4 song V2-C2-B
Fri (0.5) – 5/4 song B-C3-E

Week of 5/16 (8.5 hours)
Mon (2.25 hrs) – learned Reaktor Prism
Tue (1 hour) – worked on 5/4 idea
Wed (1.5 hours) – 5/4 song intro-V1
Thu (1.75 hours) – 5/4 song chorus
Fri (2 hours) – 5/4 song

Week of 5/9 (2.5 hours)
Wed (2.5 hrs) – learned Reaktor Spark

Week of 5/2 (1 hour)
Tue (1 hrs) – learned Reaktor Spark

Week of 4/25 (1.5 hours)
Mon (0.5 hrs) – learned Reaktor Spark
Tue (1 hr) – learned Reaktor Spark

Week of 4/11 (6.25 hours)
Fri (1 hr) – learned Reaktor Spark, started song idea
Thu (0.75 hrs) – brainstormed lyric idea, created song template
Wed (1.5 hrs) – created drum/bass/synth clip with Stutter Edit and Reaktor Spark
Tue (1.5 hrs) – created drum/bass clip with Stutter Edit and Reaktor Prism
Mon (1.5 hrs) – create drum clip with Stutter Edit

Week of 4/4 (1 hour)
Mon (1 hr) – learn Stutter Edit

Week of 3/28 (0.5 hrs)
Tue (0.5 hrs) – watched Stutter Edit videos

Week of 3/21 (2.5 hrs) – finalize palette
Wed (1 hr) – explored Acoustic Refractions, The Finger, NI site
Tue (1.5 hrs) – explored Reaktor Spark/Prism vs. Collision/Tension, Lazerbass

Week of 3/14 (3.5 hrs) – configure Kore
Thu (1 hr) – configured Kore controller for Live
Tue (2 hr) – configured Kore controller for Massive
Mon (0.5 hrs) – installed Kore 2

Week of 3/8 (3.5 hrs) – explore Komplete 7
Wed (1 hr) – explored Reflektor, Reaktor Spark
Tue (2.5 hrs) – installed Komplete 7

Week of 3/1 (4 hrs) – ditch Bowie cover, build sonic palette
Thu (1 hr) – bookmarked folders, explored Zebra patches
Wed (2 hrs) – purchased Soniccouture Konkrete Drums 2, Flatpack Synthetik Loops, Komplete 7 update
Tue (1 hr) - listened to 20 Bowie songs suggested by fans and decided against cover